The note-sharing website, Evernote, has reportedly been hacked, with the hackers gaining access to usernames, passwords and email addresses. They are now requiring just over 50 million people to change their passwords. A message to all Evernote users said that it had found and blocked ‘suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been […]

With every new Jailbreak release there is always a lot of new people who Jailbreak their devices and forget about one important step. Heck, I bet even a lot of individuals who have Jailbroken in the past forget about it. Just what is this important step? Well, changing your SSH (root) password. A couple questions […]

You should have been told in a tutorial to change your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch’s default passwords after installing SSH–but you might be wondering why. You might even be asking yourself, How can someone else mess with my iPhone if they don’t even know who I am? I’m not anyone special, so why should […]

It can sometimes be difficult to balance out ease of use with security. Software companies and online services can be under pressure to make the user experience as smooth as possible, even for potentially risky services like password resets, which saves the company money on tech support and help costs. Unfortunately, rounding off corners can […]

Some of our readers may have noticed messages from Twitter in their email inboxes this morning. According to Twitter, while sending ordinary warnings to users whose accounts were believed to be compromised, they accidentally reset passwords for unaffected accounts. As Twitter said in a public statement, “In this case, we unintentionally reset passwords of a larger number […]

Password hints are generally a terrible idea, especially if it’s the kind of hint that anyone can use to guess your password. In fact, I’m really hoping the password hints that SpiderLabs‘ blog used are just an illustration of the kinds of password hints that could be uncovered, and not hints used on an actual […]

If you play World Of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, or Diablo 3, you may want to read this: Mike Horhaime of Blizzard Entertainment posted a press release in regards to a breach of data on their internal network. The leaked information includes email addresses of players outside of China as well as “cryptographically scrambled versions of […]

If you haven’t already heard the news, a Wired reporter lost control of his Twitter account, along with the information (and irreplaceable baby pictures) stored on his MacBook, iPhone and iPad. The identity thieves that broke into his account exploited customer service policies at both Apple and Amazon. All they needed to gain control Mat […]

Find my iPhone is a great service to use if you ever misplace your iPhone, but it can only ever tell you where your phone is, not who has it. iLostFinder is a good companion tweak, which promises to snap a photo of the thief and then email you the evidence. All they have to […]

In the latest massive breach of a major company’s database security, the Yahoo email servers have been compromised, and over 400,000 users’ account information has been stolen. Fortunately for everyone involved, the hackers behind the operation don’t appear to have any malicious intent, but rather did it as a way of pointing out Yahoo’s security […]